Centre sanctions 16 new Kendriya Vidyalayas for Telangana

The Central government agreed to sanction 16 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) to the State, following which the Ministry of Human Resources asked the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Regional Office to make arrangements.

After the formation of 21 new districts in the State, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari had requested the Union government to sanction new KVs and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in all the 21 new districts.

In reply to an unstarred question given by Rajya Sabha member MA Khan on the establishment of new KVs and Jawaharlal Navodaya Vidyalayas in the State, Union Minister of State for Human Resources Upendra Kushwaha in his reply said the ministry



had accepted the proposal sent by the TS government to set up 16 new KVs in the new districts.

The new KVs would be coming up at Nizambad town, Bhongir, Siddipet, Surayapet, Vikarabad, Badradri Kothagudem, Jagtial, Jogulmba Gadwala, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Kamareddy, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Nagarkurnool, Nirmal, Wanaparthy and Warangal (Rural). At present, there are 32 KVs and 9 Jawahar Navodaya schools in Telangana region.

Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, who holds the education portfolio, expressed happiness over the Centre’s move. “We requested the Human Resources Ministry several times for the sanction of 16 new KVs in all the new districts”.